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// Whole Lot Of Apples Going On Pt.1 
// Story: Dragon's Mommies 
// by TAD2 
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The next two months just flew by for the young group of mothers and their dragon son. In that time, all of the girls had properly moved into each of their respective new homes. Pear and Bright Mac had returned from the delivery and were happy to know that all the girls now had a home. 

Spike had been progressing by leaps and bounds mentally, physically and socially. He was now walking on his own, and aside from a few struggles in his first few days of walking, he was a little speed demon. That coupled with his extensive vocabulary and knowledge absorption ability, had allowed him to start reading books. Granted they were picture books, but still, he was only two months old. But this meant that he wanted to explore more of his home town, so any time there was a trip into town, Spike would beg to come along just to look around and meet other ponies.

This didn't always go well, while most of the ponies in town had accepted the fact that Spike was now a citizen of Ponyville, a few were still wary of him and avoided his whole family altogether. But this mainly consisted of Spoiled Rich, who held fast that Spike and Dragons in general were nothing more than beasts. Thankfully each and every time this happened, she would get some comeuppance. Rarity learned a sleep spell from her mother and left Spoiled asleep in the middle of the town square, Rainbow 'accidently' kicked a rain cloud above her, Pinkie was setting up a surprise with her new party cannon, and shot Spoiled with 20 cakes worth of batter, and Fluttershy just walked away from her. But the worst thing that happened was three weeks ago.





Spike and Fluttershy were sitting in the Apple house hold, she was reading a picture book to Spike and helping him to read. "The Cat was sitting in the sunlight and tried to nap." Said Fluttershy.

"The cat was sitting in the sunlight and tried to nap." Said Spike trying to follow what he was reading.

"But then a cloud blocked it out."

"But then a cloud blocked it out."

"'Oh no!' Said the cat. 'Where can I nap now?'"

"'Oh no!.' Said the cat. 'Where can I nap now?'"

"'Oh, how about my bed, its warm and cozy. Its perfect.'"

"'Oh, how about my bed, its warm and cozy. Its perfect.'"

"Then the cat walked over to its bed, curled up into a little ball and slept the day away, happy as can be." Finished Fluttershy. 

"Then the cat walked over to its bed, curled up into a little ball and slept the day away, happy as can be." Finished Spike.

Fluttershy smiled at how much her son has developed, she looked down at Spike. "Spike, that was great, your doing a good job at reading." 

Spike smiled at his mother. "Thanks Mommy, can we read another?" Asked Spike.

Fluttershy nodded. "Of course, but after lunch, ok?"

Spike smiled as he nodded. "Can I have a ruby today?" Asked Spike. Celestia was right, after the first few weeks, Spike's body had developed enough to allow him to eat harder gems, and just like AJ, Spike was a bottomless pit. 

Fluttershy sighed and shook her head. "I'm sorry Spike, you ate a ruby yesterday, so how about we get you a nice juicy emerald today?" 

Spike shrugged. "Ok Mommy." Said Spike. Ever since he started eating gems, he had discovered that each type of gem tasted different, sapphires tasted like blue berries, rubies were watermelon, emeralds were like green apples, and strangely enough amethyst were like bananas. But this was what Spike said, and unless the girls wanted to head to the dentist, they just accepted the comparison.

Fluttershy tried to pick up Spike to carry him to the kitchen, but Spike tried to get away from her. "No Mommy, I can walk." Said Spike. 

Fluttershy giggled as she nodded. "Ok Spike, but I'll be right here if you need me to help." Fluttershy was worried about Spike, when he took his first steps, he accidently tripped over his own tail and hurt his knees. But Fluttershy knew that he needed to learn how to walk on his own.

Spike got to his feet and carefully steadied himself, he moved his tail to follow him instead of tripping him, and he carefully placed one foot in front of the other. Slowly but surely he made his way to the kitchen followed by Fluttershy. 





While Spike and Fluttershy were sitting down at the table. AJ, Pear with Applebloom on her back, Mac, Granny and Macintosh walked into the kitchen. Fluttershy smiled at her fellow mother and family. "Hey AJ, how was the market today?" Asked Fluttershy.

AJ smirked. "We sold out today Shy. How is your day with Spike going?" Asked AJ. 

Fluttershy smiled. "Well, we read a book together and we're going to read another after we're finished eating, then I was thinking of taking him to the cottage, my mom and dad are stopping by to visit at 3." 

Pear smiled at hearing this. After each girl had found their homes, it was decided that Spike would spend a day of the week with each of them. AJ and the Apples had Mondays, Rainbow had Tuesdays, Fluttershy had Wednesdays, Rarity had Thursdays, and Pinkie asked to have Spike on Fridays, something about how the best parties are always on Friday or any day that ended in y. But on the weekends all the girls and their families would come together and enjoy each others company. But this weekend there was something special going on at the farm. "Would you mind if we joined you two?" Asked Pear.

Spike smiled. "Not at all, Grandma."

Pear smiled as she and the others joined Spike and Fluttershy for lunch.

During lunch Spike looked at Granny. "Granny, did you hear something last night?" asked Spike.

Everyone looked at Spike, but Granny shook her head. "No, I can't say I did, what did it sound like Spike?" 

Spike thought for a moment as he tried to think. "I think it was, AWHOOOOOO." Howled Spike.

Granny looked at Spike. "Are you sure?" Asked Granny. 

Spike nodded. "Yep, it lasted for a while but then it just stopped." 

Granny looked at Mac. "Mac lets go check the trees, if that happened last night, then the clouds should be showing up any minute." Said Granny as she picked up Spike and Fluttershy and placed both of them onto her back. Pear picked up Applebloom, and the whole family ran out off to the special section of the farm. 





When they arrived at the special grove of naked trees, they were right on time. A strong wind started to blow and the sky was blacked out by a dark cloud. Granny and the Apples smiled at seeing it. Soon the trees started to buzz and at the tips of each branch started to grow. Moments later the buzzing stopped and on the branches were large leaves. Granny cheered. "Finally the Zap Apples are coming!" Granny looked at Pear. "Pear, get my helmet, and send a letter to the family, the Reunion hasn't been lined up with the harvest in 50 years, we're going to need everyone on deck." 

Pear gave Granny a salute. "Yes General Smith, shall I get the troops in order?"

Granny nodded. "Yes. Sonny and Macintosh you two start placing the baskets and head to Burnt Oak's, we're going to need a lot of fire wood." 

Bright Mac nodded as he picked up his son and ran off to town.

Granny looked at AJ. "AJ, head to the cellar and grab our bunny suits, then head to the costume shop and pick up as many as they have."

AJ nodded. "On it Granny." Said AJ as she ran off.

Granny smiled as she looked at the trees. Fluttershy and Spike walked over to Granny. "Um... Granny Smith, what's going on?" Asked Fluttershy. 

Granny smirked. "Zap Apple season is right around the corner. And we're going to war, a war against time." Said Granny as she pulled a corncob pipe out of her mane and placed it into her mouth. Granny started blowing bubbles out of the pipe and glared at the trees. "We're going to finally pick the whole crop, or my name isn't Granny Smith Apple. You hear me trees, this is the year you will be facing the full might of the Apple family." Said Granny.